Principles of Teaching 1 UNIT IV: Chapter 4 - Managing the Physical Environment

6. What can you say about
the pictures on the next
slide?

7. Will you be comfortable studying inside
a classroom like this?

8. “The external environment helps
the atmosphere conducive for
learning.”

9. A conducive learning environment includes:
- conveniently arranged furniture- Flexible seating arrangement- clean, well-ventilated, noise-free and fresh classroom

10. Furniture arrangement

12. Seating arrangement

14. Traditional Seating
Arrangement
- ideal for establishing
classroom management.
- allows students to focus
on the teacher
- it is great for direct
instruction

15. Horse shoe Seating
Arrangement
- ideal for skits, role
playing and student
demonstrations
- creates a friendlier
atmosphere

16. Modular Seating
Arrangement
- ideal for cooperative
learning activities
- this seating arrangement
invites dialogues, which is
great if that is your
purpose

17. Face to face Seating
Arrangement
This format is wonderful
if you have desks because
you can rearrange them
from traditional rows into
groups and back again,
depending on your lesson
plan.

18. Physical Condition of the classroom

19. Physical Condition of the classroom

20. Physical Condition of the classroom

21. Let us not forget that
equally important, if not
more important, is the
psychological atmosphere
that reigns in the classroom.

23. Thank you!